Molecular basis of severe gynecomastia associated with aromatase expression in a fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1797-1800

  Agarwal, Veena R ^a   Takayama, Kazuto ^a   Van Wyk, Judson J ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^c   Simpson, Evan R ^a   Bulun, Serdar E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031723989     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.5.1797     Document Type: Article

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